Jungle Comics #129

(September 1950)

The Captives of Crocodile Swamp (Table of Contents: 1)

Kaänga / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Riddell (credited)

Pencils

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Inks

Maurice Whitman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Friend Kaänga, I need your help and advice desperately.

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kaänga; Ann Mason; Zulu; El Borro; Morrison; Dolly Morrison; Craig Gordon

Synopsis

Kaänga puts an end to slave raiding by El Borro.

Keywords

B'fanga Valley; jackals; leopards; rifles; saddle zebras; slavers; warthogs

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Simba / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hunt (house name)

Pencils

Richard Case

Inks

Richard Case

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two things did Simba, monarch of the Congo, fear...

Genre

animal; jungle

Characters

Simba

Synopsis

Villagers and white hunters pursue a rogue elephant that leads them into Simba's territory. Simba attacks the elephant and wounds it. The hunters arrive and kill it.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #66 (June 1945) [edited down from 6 pages with some re-writing.]

Keywords

elephants

Indexer Notes

Simba's next appearance is in Wambi (Fiction House, 1942 series) #14.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Terry Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Pierre La Rue (credited)

Pencils

Ken Battefield; Iger Shop

Inks

Jack Kamen ?; Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ever on the alert for contraband, smuggled arms and loot, the lancer duties include a careful search of the equipment of all who enter or leave the jungle wilds...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Thunder; Keeto; Miss Ross; Abu ben Hassin; bar Jebel

Synopsis

Terry escorts Miss Ross to an oasis where they will meet with the ivory thief, Abu ben Hassin. Terry arrests Hassin but then the group is attacked by another party of raiders, working secretly for Miss Ross. Terry then signals the hidden lancers under Keeto's command and take the lot into custody.

Keywords

diamonds; ivory; leopards; stereotyping of Arabs

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Wambi, The Jungle Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Kiefer

Inks

Henry Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'An evil-doer is best defeated by his own weapons...'

Genre

jungle

Characters

Wambi; Ogg; Helma; Sirdah (tiger); the rajah; Tawn

Synopsis

The rajah's daughter is taken hostage by men who would usurp his rule. Wambi uses hornets to attack the kidnappers and saves the princess.

Reprints

• from Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #32 (August 1942) [completely re-written and cut down to 5 pages]

Keywords

hornets; pythons; treehouses

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Big Cage / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Clyde Beatty

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the year 1929 I was giving...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tabu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Mack]

Pencils

Enrico Bagnoli

Inks

Enrico Bagnoli

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The jungle stands like a huge death-trap...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Tabu; Merrill [Bassumi]; Doctor Finney; Lorutis (African tribes); Adaki

Synopsis

The Lorutis confuse Merrill, a member of Finney's exploration safari and dressed in a deep sea diving suit, with a god and want to sacrifice the rest of the party. Tabu intervenes and the party is saved.

Keywords

crocodiles; deep sea diving suit; mandrills

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Camilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Ibsen (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Inks

Ralph Mayo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It hung now in the mistland of memory,...

Genre

jungle

Characters

Camilla; Fang (dog); Nygailas (African tribe); Ben Bennett; K'ailu; Mabaro

Synopsis

Bennett and his gang of thieves buy hunting rights on the Nygailas' land. Mabaro, long-thought mad by his people, recognizes Bennett as the leader of the thieves who looted the Nygailas many years before and beat Mabaro and killed his father. He tells his story to Camilla who helps expose Bennett's new thieving of treasure.

Keywords

crocodiles; saddle zebras; steamboats